[HPforGrownups] Re: Number of students

[Scott Northrup]

No: HPFGUIDX 51814



> Scott Northrup wrote:
> > I'm interested in where you get your numbers [for classes].  I can't
> > find any consistent basis for the number of classes taken by the
> > Gryffindors in a given week. The only constant I've found is that
> > Herbology ALWAYS seems to be in the morning, 3 times a week.
> > Everything else is very inconsistent.  I'm honestly baffled; it seems
> > like their schedules change on a weekly basis.

Grey Wolf:
> I wouldn't want to stop you from having fun from working out schedules
> yourself, but it *has* been done by listees before. Thus, my numbers
> come from my memory of the last schedule I've seen in the list. Those
> numbers are: 4 lessons of potions a week (2 double lectures), 2 DADA
> and 1 Herbology. I might be getting them wrong, though. Maybe I should
> check the archives to find the relevant posts.
>
> Notice I'm only interested on how many lectures there are, but the
> timetables that have been presented were, I assure you, quite complete
> and detailed. If you cannot find them in the list archives, they might
> be somewhere in the Lexicon. We could also ask around - maybe some of
> the other listees actually remember what the post numbers are.


Er, if anyone knows where exactly this data can be found, I'd love to see
it.  I actually did check the Lexicon, and didn't really find anything
remotely useful.  In fact, the overall time table seems to be wonky, unless
there's some canon stating that all students start on September 1, every
year.  I actually hadn't gotten to PoA and GoF yet as far as my scheduling
research, but I know that I double checked the day of Sept 1, 1991, and it
does fall on a Sunday-- that's not really here nor there.  (actually, this
was part of the evidence that made me draw a conclusion that there might be
no more than one potions class-- if class started on Monday of that week,
Harry doesn't have his first potions class until Friday, which is a double--
this is why I'm skeptical of putting down any hard numbers for
classes/week).

So yeah, if someone doesn't mind pointing me in the right direction, I'd
appreciate the help.

-Scott